The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-29

| thunder was merely the voice of Jason B. Brown
addressing the jury. Mr.. Brown was il the
4 federal courtroom. too, and not as the voice
| volume might indicate, four and a half miles
| away. MIR. Brown, it is understood, Is not a
paio attorney. o1t speaks Tor Coy ct al from mo
| tives OF pure Democracy and love. He was
! keyed high and his argument was one prolonged
| howl. such howl that the wolf on Oonalaskas
! shore would, mad he heard it, have taken his
| one howl tucked his tail between his legs, and
/ fed. DR. Brown, in beginning his address to the
/ jury, assured those twelve devoted men penned
| up in corner. with the Thermometer above go
IN the shade, that he was not there TO prevent
| the punishment of crime and then entered upon
| the defense. He wasted some time in
| an unavailing wall about jurisdiction
insisting that the had been dragged into the
federal court when it should have been tried in
the Criminal Court of Marion county. The sug-
gestion of the Criminal Court fired the orator and
he mathematical James L. Mitchell and Eli E.
Ritter for the compact that had been made
which gave witness Perkins immunity Mr.
Browns long speech permeated with Per-
kins. Occasionally he would leave him for a
few moments. but 1t was only to return with re-
newed zest to the work of denouncing the gov
ernment witness Mr.. Browns ire
high. when he spoke of the circuler issued by
the Republican county central committee. and he
had no hesitation in saying that there was
spiracy for the Republican judges to secure the
outside papers and organize the canvassng
board themselves. This suggestion of Mr..
Browns is entirely new; patent applied for.
simeon Coy" said Mr. Brown will live in
the hearts and affections of the people with
whom he nas been associated long after the
J.
James L. Mitchell and Capt. E. F. Ritterl has
passed away-kind hearted, honorable and true.
He will outlive the feon and the gang lCom-
mlttee of One Hundred is here referred tol that
have been upon his track. How my heart
did leap for JOY, my whole frame thrill with
electricity when that man VIM. II. English sat
there and told you what Simeon Coy was. Says
the Hon. VIM. H. English. Il know him to be a
kind-hearted man; know him to be honor
able man; know him to be an honest man; [
know him be a true man. Great God gentle
IL W hat nO IA said fO
or for What sweet consolation for all
good people and friends Of Mr. Coy to know that
out OF the best people of this city or this land
has come voluntarily such words of encomlum
and such words of truth and justice. There
need be no fear of a safe deliverance for MIN"
Mr.. Brown again vituperated witness Per
kins and descapted upon the agreement which,
as he said, 'made this great State give in
Identification bond that they Prosecutor Mitch
ell ct al will not prosecute a villain MIR.
Brown here relieved himself somewhat by call
ing Major Mitchell and Capt Ritter monsters"
and after taking drink of water again went
through the agreement like a terrier through
hoopskir He commented upon the firm name
Baker Hord q Hendricks" of Mr.. Perkins
attorneys, signed the agreement and said that
If Jim Mitchell would aud read that paper at
the graves of Thos. A. Hendricks and Conrad Ba-
ker they would rise from their graves and go to
town to the Office they so long and so bonorably
occupied. take down the sign that swings over
the door and break it to pieces on the curbstone.
Then. glad 10 retire from world so sadly
changed since their departure, they would arm
in arm gladly return to their graves.
Mr.. Brown attributes the prosecution of Mr..
Coy the other defendants only being brought in
incidentally, to the maiignity of those VINO
jealous of him. He said there plan
the part of Republicans to capture the board,
and that lit was the executive ability, the 10y
atty of Simeon Gov that check mated that we'll
organized plan and deep-lad conspiracy. Then
it the politicians of indianapolis, then it
was this crowd of pestferous politicians, deter
mined something should be done get rid of
Simeon Coy. SO that they could tatten the
spols of Office as they had fatteEed in tie past"
Mr.. Browns speech apparently pleased tho de-
Tense. The abuse of Perkins seemed to be
particularly agreeable to them. There were
murmurs of appreciation at times from persons
who sal the defendants. aud who appar-
emily belonged to the crowd characterized by
District Attorney Sellers tough"
Mr.. Claypool will make the clc sing argument
for the prosecution this IcTsnoo n the judges
charge will follow. and the viii 60 to the
jury sometime this afternoon.
Criticisihg the Prosecution of she Case.
Special to Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Generally speaking. the cross-examination of
the defendants witnesses weak, and this
especially the when the defendants
themselves were upon the stand. No earnest
manifested in asking questions, and in
the few instances where the grounds were laid
for impeachment impeaching witnesses were
called. The prosecution seemed utterly unaware
of the fact that the whole life of a defendant
may be laid bare when he comes upon the stand
in his own behalf, and effort made to Sc
cure such damaging admissions, lay the
ground for impeachment If he denied certain no.
torious transactions in which he had figured.
For instance, il is known here by everyone who
processes to know anything that Sim Coy is the
proprietor of gam bling house, and that the po-
lice, occasion at least, pulled his dive and
took the outfit to the station-house. 1t is also
known that he makes it business to secure
bondsmen for criminals. and that, he
sat upon the stand, he wore diamond
which he secured from two bunko-
steerers reward for securing bonds
men for them and that the men whom released
made good their escape and the bond for
feited. These facts were notorious, but Coy
was asked nothing regarding them he was not
given an opportunity to admit or deny them.
Such admission would have done much
overcome the effec. of Bill Engsh's gush-
ing eulogy, and denial by him could |
have led to his impeachment. As the
jury with a character backed by a number |
of prominent citizens of his own party and i'm |
peached only by the evidence of five policemen. |
An energetic cross-examinatlon would have |
placed him in a very damaging light (his |
one by the way before the jury and mmeasur- |
ably strengthened the governments case against |
him. Why the counsel neglected to go into |
these matters can be accounted for only upon |
the hypothesis that, in the language of the street,
they wanted TO let Sim down easy"
Pretty much the same adopted /
with Steve Matter This defendant the
saloon at the Occidental Hotel. and either he or
his barkeeper has been arrested frequently for |
violating the IL o'clock Sunday law. In fact
Matters saloon has given the police much
trouble any in the city, but he asked
question upon this point, admissions of which
would nave been very damaging, and depials of
which would have enabled the government to |
jmneach him without trouble. True, when he
swore that his tally papers never out of
his hands and yet swore that he did not alter
the talles on them, he put himself in a position
irreconcilable with the truth but his whole |
career at the command of the government |
and, if properly brought out, would have been
valuable showing the man in MS we-known
moral deformity.
With respect other witnesses when faint |
attic mpt made to disclose some of their ac- |
lions, the tactics of the government counsel
were equally bad. When Counselman was on
the stand, he was asked if he did not state to